Forensic Engineering

Litigation Support

We provide clarity and insight to our clients involved in litigation. Our staff is well credentialed and experienced as forensic engineering expert witnesses. Our experts have assisted in numerous legal matters, including subrogation, product liability, construction defect, intellectual property, and class action cases. Our clients include both plaintiff and defense counsel, and we have been involved in matters ranging in value from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars.

We are available to investigate and prepare detailed incident reports for litigation, and our team has testifyied in both deposition and trial settings. Throughout the process, our professionals strive to communicate even the most complex principles in the clearest and most comprehensible manner possible.

Our engineering litigation support services include the following:

Accident reconstruction

Failure cause and origin analysis

Document review

Expert report preparation, rebuttal, and testimony

Construction defect analysis

Product liability analysis

Analysis of safety policies, procedures, and activities

Evaluation of construction management and contract disputes

Insurance Support

When the insurance industry needs to understand the technical aspects of a claim, our multidisciplinary team of engineers is ready to lend a hand. We have worked with property insurers, liability insurers, and workers compensation insurers to explain the root cause of product failures, incidents, accidents, or property damage. If a loss is associated with fire damage, electrical problems, water damage, structural damage, business interruption, or personal injury, the technical expertise of our engineers can help to quickly and completely resolve the claim. Our quality reports and experience as expert witnesses are strong assets in the event that the claim evolves into subrogation or other litigation.

Our insurance support services include the following:

Cause and origin analysis of failures leading to claims

Fire and Explosion

Water loss

Workplace injuries

Roofing damage

Drainage issues

Plumbing

Power interruption

Electrical or electronic equipment failure

Scene investigations

Report preparation

Repair design

Palmer Engineering and Forensics, LLC of North Salt Lake, UT provides specialized forensic engineering services, including litigation support and insurance support for clients throughout Utah and Colorado, including Salt Lake City, St. George, Ogden, and Logan, UT, Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Grand Junction, CO and cities throughout the United States.

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Quality, Clarity, & Integrity

Contact our engineering and forensics experts today for more information about how we can assist your organization with comprehensive design, investigation and management.